The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-11-18
THE WEEKLY ROUNDUP.

THE WEEKLY ROUNDUP.
Cranberries, lemons and cider at
Crane Bros.
Send the STAR to friends IN the east
after you have read it.
Joe Petty has been engaged in
moving to the Grosenbeck ranch on
Battle Mountain during the week.
The next meeting of the Ladies Aid
Society will be held at the residence of
Mrs. Fl. z. Eaton on Wednesday, the
3Oth inst.
Gile Danbet and Ruby Farley of
Deadwood, were repairing the tele-
phone line between here and the Gap
this week.
Rev. j. o. Dobson, of Deadwood.
will hold Thanksgiving services at the
M. +. church. Thursday morning, NOV.
oath, at 1880 o'clock.
No trouble about getting nice buck
wheat flour that largo e. Son are SELL
ing. Then with their maple syrup to
swectcn them, oh! yum. yum!
A. A. Powcll's infant child has been
seriously i'll during the past week with
inflammation of the bowels but with
careful nursing and medical aid is now
in a fair way to recover.
A dollar buys more goods at the Gap
than any other place i'll the country.
That is at
w. j. WooD & Co., Red Front,
Buffalo Gap.
Work on q. Ferguson's new store
building is being rapidly pushed and
the building will probably be ready
for occupancy in a week or ten DAYS.
This building will add materially To
the appearance of Chicago avenue
We are informed that Il thanhsgiv-
ing ball will he givcnat the residence of
Ira 1lllotson, at Cascade. on Thursday
evening, Nov. 9th. Hot Springs will
| probably he we'll represented as Il
number of young people of this place
have signiticd their intention to be in
attendance.
We are pleased to learn that Bro.
Harris. of the Oelrichs Times has been
appointed postmaster at Oelrichs in
place of Frank Bull, resigned. 1t is
perhaps unnecessary for us to remark
that MIR. Harris will dish up mail to
everybody satisfaction.
President Marvin Hughitt, of the
| Northwestern. General Manager Fitch
and Superintendent of Construction
Hall Travelled over the recently com
pletcd portion of the road to White
wood on Sunday and formally accepted
the anne from the construction depart
mcnt. Regular freight and passenger
trains will le put Oh at once.
1t4Ae marriage of Mat Bingham 10
Miss Dumpke is rather distastcful to
the parents of the bride and an effort
has been made by them to induce the
girl to return to the patcrnal roof but
without avail. The newly married
couple should remember that Il wedding
ceremony should not pass off tof
smoothly. There should be "hitch
of some kind, you know.
Cordy Curtis received a letter a few
days ago from Frank Callahan in which
he stated that he had alrcady.undergonc
two surgical operations and that til,
third and last was to be performed OF
Saturday last. He was feeling vel
considering the ordeal he had passed
through and it is the opinion of tn,
physicians in charge of his case tina
the treatment will result in com
plcte and permanent cure.
The +. T.. & NJ. v. road is now selins
round trip excursion tickets, good fc
ninety days. from Omaha to Ilo
Spings at $3.50. Parties desiring t.
visit the wonderful Hot Springs o
Dakota should take advantage of tn
extremely low rate. We are now on
joying balmy spring-!ike weather. an,
no better time than the present coul,
: be selected for pleasure or heaitl
seeking trip to this great resort.
Clerk of Court Sawyer was engaged
on Tuesday in taking testimony in ,h,
case of the United States vs.. Chas. !.
Conger. whose claim vas held fo
cancellation on the grounds that h,
had transferred, or agreed to transfer
a portion of the land. before maxim.
final proof. for the pnrposc of ralsin.
the necessary funds for making sal,
proof. The outcome of this ease will
be watched with considerable solicitudt
as it will materially effect many other
claims upon which proof has qeen made
under the same conditions.
AS soon as transportation facilitie
are furnished from the Red Canyon
coal field. coal will be in general us,
throughout the Hills. notwtllstandin.
plentiful sapply of wood. The fol
OWN. from the Deadwood Pionee,
would seem to indicate a preference,
for coal even at slight increase j,
expense. Coal is rapidly encroachin.
on the field heretofore monopolized b,
wood. as fuel for family and genera
household use. Three tons of the pro
duct of the Hay Creek fields were sol,
Thursday for this purpose by MIR. Fox
Demand for the black diamonds i
steadily increasing. general satisfaction
being the experience of all who hav
used it."
H. II. Russell. Of Andrews, Neb
father of Chas. Russell, the cowboy VIII
took sucl. an active part in the shootin
affair at Smithwick recently, and VIII
is now under the watchful care q
Deputy Sheriff Willor at this place
arrived at Hot Springs Tuesday morn
inr and has since heen m,l.;n,r q,